Hybridization in Birds-of-Paradise: Widespread ancestral gene flow despite strong sexual selection in a lek-mating system | iScience cell.com/iscience/fullt… #ornithology

Interesting group. Mutation is driving evolution, not natural selection? These are the people...

Interesting paper! "Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricultural food security." nature.com/articles/s4159…

If you're looking into doing a PhD, Arnaud's lab would be amazing! (plus, if you're interested in the silk project, you might even be able to work with our lab a bit :) )

Tseng, Y.-H., Kuo, L.-Y., Borokini, I., & Fawcett, S. 2024. The role of deep hybridization in fern speciation: Examples from the Thelypteridaceae. American Journal of Botany n/a:e16388. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1…

Nice photo, but no, "Science"! That is not Aedes aegypti -- it is Aedes albopictus. Seems to me that "Science" magazine ought to identify its mosquitoes correctly!science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Our paper on mtDNA evolution in the Anopheles gambiae complex is finally out in GBE! Thanks to all collaborators: JE Amaya-Romero V Pedergnana, B Wertheim MalariaGEN Alistair Miles C Clarkson C Chenal Y BenChehida University of Groningen CNRS Écologie & Environnement IRD.fr academic.oup.com/gbe/article/16…

Very happy to see this out finally!

Dick Van Dyke on how he wants to be remembered after winning an Emmy last night at the age of 98. “For laughter. For making people laugh for 75 years, I’ve been in the business for 75 years, I can’t believe it that I’m still here & performing! I’m looking for work if anyone’s

As we all grieve the immense loss of actor James Earl Jones (Star Wars, The Lion King), I wanted to celebrate one his funnier milestones, reading Letterman’s best Top Ten List, reciting commercial jingles with his spectacular, powerful, booming voice. #RIPJamesEarlJones

I'm impressed by this reporting showing how climate change was already an issue in the 1960s, and that the founding of the EPA in 1970 was in part in response to worries about CO2 and its effects. news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/… .

He was the most hopeless American cockney ever, but he did make me laugh as a kid! youtube.com/watch?v=t-7uqR…

A team of international researchers led by scientists from GW Arts & Sciences's Biology Department has uncovered a surprising genetic mechanism that influences the vibrant and complex patterns on butterfly wings. Read more about their research ⬇️ gwtoday.gwu.edu/dark-matter-so…